A380 as private transportation

[DesertFox]

Attention hip hop stars and billionaires: the world's biggest airliner, the 73-metre-long (239-feet) Airbus A380 superjumbo, has been ordered by a mysterious buyer for use as a private jet.

The order sets new heights in the private plane sector, leaving the Learjet, which used to be the ultimate symbol of ostentatious air travel, in second class.

The doubledecker A380, which enters service later this year, is capable of carrying 840 passengers, has 900 square metres (10,000 square feet) of cabin space and towers over its biggest rival, the Boeing 747.

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One big-ass aeroplane

Airbus sales director John Leahy declined to say when or to where the jet would be delivered, but fitting the plane to the specification demanded from the buyer is expected to take more than a year.

"It will be for personal use for him and his entourage," Leahy told AFP on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show.

"I can't tell you who it is but he's not from Europe or the United States."

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[DesertFox]

Osama bin Salad dressing must be reverting to his prior life as an international playboy.

[Timberwolf]

I figure it's someone from the House of Saud...regardless, that's a whooooole lotta scratch to be layin' out fer a ride....

[ThomasMore]

Y'all beat me to it. The words "Oil" and "Sheikh" suddenly pop to mind. Don't know why.

I was thinking of getting one, but my entourage is too big. Just going to buy the Queen Mary II (http://www.cunard.com/OurShips/default.asp?Ship=QM2) instead. Or maybe, I'll just go for broke and get Finland's Akers Yards (http://www.akeryards.com/?page=117&techinfo=333) to build me a Project Genesis (http://www.luxist.com/2006/02/07/project-genesis-will-be-the-worlds-largest-cruiseship/). That ought to be enough to haul my buds around in style.

For my closest, dearest friends, we can go for a quick jaunt on my little plane, the Antonov 225 Mriya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225) -- it's one of a kind, just like me.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/AN225down.jpg

[DesertFox]

I immediately thought of you when I seen this article, Thomas. You're right. For our fetes we need the Queen Merry and a couple of her little sisters -- the scantily-clad ones with big boobs.

[ThomasMore]

I immediately thought of you when I seen this article, Thomas. You're right. For our fetes we need the Queen Merry and a couple of her little sisters -- the scantily-clad ones with big boobs.

Agreed. Hooters Air worked (for awhile). Maybe we could set up Hooters Afloat (gives the Mae West a whole new meaning).

http://www.travelswithchicken.com/Ladies/Hooters%20Panama%20City.JPG

[DesertFox]

Whew! Looka the hubcaps on them vehicles!

[Rhino]

The order sets new heights in the private plane sector, leaving the Learjet, which used to be the ultimate symbol of ostentatious air travel, in second class.The folks at Breitbart need to do their homework. In the private plane sector, the Learjet was relegated to second class loooooong ago.

[DesertFox]

Not to mention that one plane, all by itself, can hardly be thought "the private sector."